2021 Antique Boat Museum Boat Show PROGRAM by elainegarvey

Chair Charles S. Crow Vice Chair Andrew McNally V Secretary Laura Rawson Butrico Treasurer William J. Cosgrove

Honorary Trustees Lee Anderson Sr. Past Chair, International Advisory Council Dan Gyoerkoe ACBS International Lance Peterson Supervisor, Town of Clayton Susanne Richter Executive Director, Thousand Islands Boat Museum Norma Zimmer Mayor, Village of Clayton

Trustees Emeriti Donald “Bud” Ames John Carter Lisette Cooper William Feikert Michael Fitzsimmons Judith Foster Robert Hampton Marvin Hart Edward Kattel Edward C. McNally Anthony S. Mollica Jr. J. Richard Munro Allan Newell Mark Quallen Michael Ranger John Rawson David Richardson Arnold Rubenstein

Joan Rueckert Nancy Seeley William Siegenthaler John Simpson Jack Stopper Robert Tague Ian Tatlock Lawrence Trumpore Martin Zonnenberg

Donald Babcock * Kathleen Cross Stout* • Robert G. Easton * Daniel French Harold B. Johnson II * George Mesires Anthony P. Mollica Eric Mower * Joseph Pal * Paul Regan Jr. Paul Regan III Bradford Schwalm Rick Tague * Addison Vars III Lisa Weber

* Trustees also serving on the International Advisory Council (IAC) • Past Chair

International Advisory Council John Allen, Chair Lee Anderson Sr. David Bortner Christopher Cragg Carla Gernhofer Michael Hagan James Hewitt Elliott Hillback Teresa Hoffman Stanley Hubbard

Carl Lovas Brian Mark Edward C. McNally Robert McNeil Katherine Muller Allan Newell David Olson Michael Ranger Jeremy Smith Mary & Stephen Smith Kermit Sutton

Our 57th Boat Show! The tradition continues . . . BOAT SHOW Is BACK! Thank YOU for being part of this year’s 57 Annual Show of Boats on Parade, Market Place, and Virtual Auction, whether you are a Boat Show Exhibitor, Visitor, Vendor, Volunteer or ABM Trustee or Staff Team member, YOU make this show what it is. th

The 57th Annual may not be exactly like the Boat Show we remember, but the return of TRADITIONS after a long year of the pandemic is a welcomed treat. We are especially pleased to continue the tradition of holding the longest continuously operating boat show in the U.S. After so many months of not being able to socialize and enjoy the company of others, we hope you will take this opportunity to celebrate old boats and old friends. We hope you make some new friends as well; swapping stories, reminisces, and maybe a few tricks for smooth varnish or a source for rare hardware.

Our Team is dedicating its efforts toward the visitor experience. With an outstanding campus on the edge of a mighty river, this museum can offer an authentic experience unlike any other. ABM is a great museum where people come together and share the passion for recreational boating and its history! During this Boat Show weekend, we hope you feel the joy of the River, the People, Place and Boats! Stay Well and Happy Boating!

CONTENTS Trustees 2 Message from the Director 3 Welcome from Clayton 4 ABM Staff Team 6 Schedule of Events 8 2021 Boat Show Entries 9 ABM Show Boats 49 Footloose and Fancy Free 57 2021 Boat Show Judges 66

ABM Exhibit Update La Duchesse Update Comet Plans 2021 Virtual Boat Show Auction Marketplace Vendors Friends of the Museum Become an ABM Volunteer Exhibitor Index Contact ABM

69 71 72 73 75 81 85 91 92

This year's event highlights the 1000 Island Boating Legacy. Look for this identifier to indicate which entries have met "legacy" criteria. An entry qualifies as a 1000 Islands legacy boat if it was built by a 1000 Islands boatbuilder, sold by a local dealer, or spent part or all of its life on the St. Lawrence River.

The World's Oldest Chris Craft with its Surviving Hall-Scott Aviation Engine Don't miss reading about Miss Algonac on page 27.

Executive Director: Rebecca Hopfinger Controller: Deborah Putnam Accounting Clerk: Norma Zimmer Receptionist: Amanda Thoma Global Assistant: Matt Perrin Curator/Collections Manager: Matthew Macvittie Special Projects Manager: Donald J. “Bud” Gray Chief Librarian: Barton Haxall Digitization Project Technician: Emily Nichols Curatorial Intern: Hannah Baldwin Maintenance & Operations Manager: Michael Ascough Maintenance Assistant: Daniel Ascough Maintenance Staff: Jacob Burns Sailing Instructor: Ryan Nelson Assistant Sailing Instructor: Lauren Grabski

La Duchesse Docent: Nancy Gustke Advancement Associate: Christine Brown Membership Coordinator: Hope Marshall Events & Communications Coordinator: Caitlin Playle Volunteer Coordinator: Amy Denesha Facility Rentals Coordinator: Nikkia Raso Store Manager: Holly Beaudry

Admissions Clerk: Alex Keller Admissions Clerk: Harlie Quero Admissions Clerk: Cindy Sherrill Store Clerk: Quinton Barton Store Clerk: Lindsey Garnsey

Show of Boats on Parade, Marketplace, and Virtual Auction

Schedule of Events

*Activity requires pre-registration and/or purchase of tickets

Monday, August 2

9:00

Auction bidding starts.

Items are available for viewing next to Small Craft Building all week.

Wednesday, August 4

12:00 -5:00 Registration Check-In for Marketplace Vendors Mary Street Boat Shop

Thursday, August 5

8:30 - 5:00 Registration Check-In for Exhibitors and Vendors Mary Street Boat Shop 9:00 - 5:00 6:30 - 8:30

8:00

Saturday, August 7 Row for Donuts

Meet at Skiff Livery rear of Small Craft Building

8:00

Judges Meeting and Start of Judging

9:00 - 5:00 9:00 - 12:00 10:00 10:00 - 4:00

Boat Show Open to Public Lou Smith Library Open to Visitors

Homer L. Dodge Education Center 2nd Floor Haxall Building

2nd Floor Haxall Building

ABM Vintage Engines Roar *Ride the River departs every 30 minutes

purchase tickets at Kiosk

ABM & Marketplace Open to Visitors Sunset Cruise around Grindstone Island for Exhibitors & Vendors Meet in ABM Tent at 6:15

10:00 - 4:00 11:00

La Duchesse Open for Walk-Through Tours Forum: Tony Mollica – Fitzgerald & Lee

Friday, August 6

11:00 - 2:00 11:00 - 4:00 12:00 1:00 1:00 - 4:00

Row a Skiff!

9:00 - 5:00 Boat Show Open to Public 9:00 - 12:00 Late Arrivals: Registration Check-In for Exhibitors and Vendors Mary Street Boat Shop 10:00 Forum: Mark Hill, 4th Coast Fours Scripps 302 rebuild Robert O. Cox Theatre 10:00 *Paddle Painting with John Miller III ($20 members, $25 public) ABM Tent 10:00 - 4:00 *Ride the River departs every 30 minutes

purchase tickets at Kiosk

10:00 - 4:00 11:00 - 2:00 1:00 - 4:00

La Duchesse Open for Walk-Through Tours Row a Skiff!

Rear of Small Craft Building

Children’s Crafts and Games

Kids’ Activity Yard

Lou Smith Library Open to Visitors

2nd floor Haxall Bldg.

1:00 - 4:00 Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility Open for Visitors

1031 East Line Road

2:00

Forum: Chief Judge Brian Gagnon - Judging Procedures

Robert O. Cox Theatre 1st Floor Haxall Building

Rear of Small Craft Building

Children’s Crafts and Games Kids’ Activity Yard

Friends of the Museum Refreshments Gaffney Porch

ABM Vintage Engines Roar Auction bidding closes Don Doebler Collections Storage Facility Open for Visitors 1031 East Line Road

2:00 & 4:00 ABM Vintage Engines Roar 6:00 - 8:00 *River Picnic Reception

Pre-purchased tickets required ABM Tent

Sunday, August 8

9:00 Awards Ceremony 10:00 - 12:00 Boat Show Finale Cruise through American Narrows to Heart Island 10:00 - 12:00 La Duchesse Open for Walk-Through Tours Show concludes at end of final Cruise, exhibitors/vendors can pack up & depart, ABM remains open until 5:00 Please Note: Last minute changes to the schedule are possible.

Best Revenge 25' Chris Craft Continental

When Charlie Cross, one of the "Grand Old Men" of wooden boating and a very prominent Chris Craft dealer, suggested this would be the boat for me it was stripped and ready for some major work, so I had my doubts. He assured me I would like the finished product so I took the plunge and the rest is history. I first had Best Revenge in the water by the Spring of ’89 and over the years have had it “fluffed and buffed”. Because of the various modifications, the boat would do poorly in a judged show, but it looks and performs great. It is a terrific “user” boat. Since 1994, Best Revenge has become something of a fixture at the ABM Show.

Woody Boater photo

Running Wild 32' Stanley Boat Works Hacker Triple Cockpit Runabout

Running Wild was commissioned by Martin Shaughnessy, an industrialist who summered in Cape Vincent. It is believed, but never actually confirmed, that Shaughnessy commissioned John L. Hacker to design a Liberty-powered triple cockpit runabout. Roy Stanley built the runabout Shaughnessy had commissioned. Running Wild possesses many characteristic Hacker styling features including her crowned decks, forward raised coaming, and original hardware. Her hull is constructed of batten seam mahogany planking fastened with copper rivets. Her Gar Wood V-12 Liberty engine puts her in the same performance class as E.J. Noble’s Baby Gar Snail. In fact, Running Wild and Snail traded trophies back and forth several times.

1955 CLASSIC RESTORED UTILITY

favorite waters Finger Lakes

1923 PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Susan

1940

15' 10" Lyman Yacht Tender

PRESERVED ANTIQUE YACHT TENDER

favorite waters Lake Champlain

2007 Contemporary Cruiser

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

I love old Lymans with the raised combing, fixed windshield, and cypress hull. This particular style is very comfortable, gives a smooth ride and is meant for cruising and trolling if you fish.

Miss Annie 24' Seaway Boats Seafarer

Miss Annie is a Down East displacement cuddy built in Maine. She has classic lines and a teak windshield, eyebrow, and seating.

ENGINE:

Running Wild

1918

1918 Liberty 12 cyl 550 HP Owner: Don Textor

RACING

This Liberty V-12 engine powers Running Wild, a triple cockpit runabout built in 1923. (see #2)

Liberty Twelve Aircraft Instruction Manual ABM Archives

No Way 20' Chris Craft Holiday

No Way was slated for destruction and pulled from the yard in 1982. She was stored until 2000 then underwent a 26 month restoration. No Way was relaunched in July 2002.

1964 RESTORED CLASSIC UTILITY

favorite waters Delaware River

1964-5 PRESERVED CLASSIC RACER

favorite waters Offshore Waters

2007 CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

Ghost Rider Powered by: Twin 2007 Daytona V8 28' Souters of Isle of Wight 8 cyl 700 HP Custom Open Class Powerboat Owner: Barry Cohen

Designed by Jim Wynne and Walt Walters and built by Souters on the Isle of Wight, Ghost Rider won the Miami Key West, Hurricane Classic and Miami Nassau races before being shipped to England for the Cowes Torquay. Despite a rough start with one engine only firing 7 cylinders and the bow tank not filling properly, Ghost Rider went on to win the Cowes Torquay and bring home the Beaverbrook Trophy. Ghost Rider’s twin engines gave her a top speed of high-80s mph in short bursts so Jim Wynn used the a strategy of bursting out in front of the pack and then throttling back to mid-60s mph until he was challenged again. Ghost Rider was so successful that she won every race she ran. She is the undefeated Offshore World Champion of 1966.

Razzle Dazzle 28' Garwood Custom Boats Custom Runabout

We continue to enjoy Razzle Dazzle in NY State and Florida – on the Chatauqua and Skaneateles Lakes and various boat shows during the summer months and St. John’s River in Florida in the winter. The wood grain is unusual and always draws comments.

favorite waters Chautauqua and Skaneateles Lakes

St. John's River, FL Chris & Julie Bullen photo

Liquid Asset 19' Chris Craft Holiday

Liquid Asset has been part of our family for over 25 years. She’s served as a water ski/tubing boat, wedding limo and family user. Most recently she’s been to boat shows up and down the East Coast. A constant work in process, we are always trying to get her to that elusive 100 point boat but it’s hard when she’s always being used as a boat.

1951 PRESERVED CLASIIC UTILITY

favorite waters Lake Hapatcong, Delaware River and various lakes throughout NJ/NY/PA

Jane Valerie 20' Chris Craft Model 100

Jane Valerie is Hull #50 out of 291 Model 100s built. More than 85 years after she was built in Algonac, MI, the Model 100 is considered quite rare in the world of antique boats. The Model 100 was offered just two years, 1930-31, at the onset of the Great Depression. The shortest triple cockpit built by Chris Craft, the Model 100 was a testament to the ingenuity of the engineers who were able to pack so much into a 20' boat. The Jane Valerie was restored to her former glory by John & Kim Kadimik.

#10

1930 RESTORED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Lake Hopatcong Woody Boater photo

Hustler

#11

1966 RESTORED CLASSIC CRUISER

31' Bertram Bahia Mar

Hustler has been on the St. Lawrence River since she was purchased and has a very seaworthy design. She was restored by St. Lawrence Restoration and has rebuilt engines and new decks and instruments.

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

#12

2020 CONTEMPORARY

RACER

favorite waters Sauquoit Creek, NY

Rodeo 16' David Strobino / A.A. Apel Zephyr I saw the lines for this boat and had to build it.

Sailing Canoe 16' Gilbert Decked Sailing Canoe Owner: Nicola DaBica A modern replica of a 1910 Gilbert Decked Canoe built at ABM.

#13

1915 PRESERVED HISTORIC DECKED SAILING CANOE

favorite waters Back Bay Crescent Lake

Thompson Cartopper 12' Thompson Cartopper

All my items are in the price range of most people wanting to get into the hobby. Antique boats and motors do not have to be expensive if you stay small.

#14

1932 PRESERVED ANTIQUE OUTBOARD

favorite waters Tupper Lake, NY

#15

1939 ALUMINIUM LESS THAN 20 HP

#16

1937 ALUMINIUM LESS THAN 20 HP

ENGINE:

1938 Evinrude

1939 Evinrude Ranger 4334 1 cyl 1.1 HP Owner: Brian Sherwood All my items are in the price range of most people wanting to get into the hobby. Antique boats and motors do not have to be expensive if you stay small.

ENGINE:

1937 Evinrude

1937 Evinrude Scout 4201 1 cyl .09 HP Owner: Brian Sherwood All my items are in the price range of most people wanting to get into the hobby. Antique boats and motors do not have to be expensive if you stay small.

ENGINE:

1920 Evinrude

1920 Evinrude RBM MA 1 cyl 2 HP Owner: Brian Sherwood

#17

1920 BRASS

All my items are in the price range of most people wanting to get into the hobby. Antique boats and motors do not have to be expensive if you stay small.

Knot Again 16.5' Lyman Runabout

Powered by: 1964 Mercury 650 4 cyl 65 HP Owner: John Heiman I purchased Knot Again in 2005 and ran it for a couple of years. I always had the intent to restore the boat but never the time until 2021. I worked on her for 91 days straight averaging 5 hours per day before I considered her completed.

#18

1963 PRESERVED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Finger Lakes

#19

1929 PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

Sophisticated Lady 24.5' Hutchinson/Hacker Design Powered by: Ford 351 CI 8 cyl 250 HP Triple Cockpit

Owner: Alfred L. Kettell Jr.

Sophisticated Lady has been in the Kettel family since 1950-51 and docks at the family home on Round Island in the 1000 Islands.

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

The Ark

#20

1915 PRESERVED HISTORIC LAUNCH

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

26' L.E. Fry Launch

My great grandfather purchased The Ark used in 1925.

George Fischer photo

Eleganza 26' Gar Wood Custom Boats Custom Runabout

#21

2021 CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

favorite waters Schroon Lake

ENGINE: 1955 Johnson JW-11

1955 Johnson JW-11 2 cyl 3 HP Owner: Syd Marsden

Johnson 1955 catalog - ABM Archives

#22

1955 PRESERVED ALUMINIUM LESS THAN 20 HP

#23

1959 RESTORED CLASSIC UTILITY

Sea Deuce Powered by: 2000 Crusader 385 8 cyl 385 HP Owner: Nick Arnone

21' Century Coronado

I have owned Sea Duece for over 50 years.

favorite waters Susquehanna River

#24

1984 RESTORED LATE CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Barkhamstead Reservoir, CT

Portabella 22' Gar Wood Runabout

Portabella has 1930 engine hatches on a 1984 restored Gar Wood hull. The rotted hull was restored first by Bo and Kathy Muller. After burning in a barn fire March 11, 2011 the hull was subsequently rebuilt by Roger Johnson in New York. I built the boat from a bare hull finishing in 2019. Portabella was at the 2019 ACBS International Show in Alexandria Bay, NY. I have owned her since 2009.

Comet / Gray Rock IV Powered by: 2020 Cadillac 25' Roy Stanley, Fish Supercharged 6.2 L Brothers Marine Service, 8 cyl 550 HP Cutwater Boatworks, Cherry Hill Boatworks Owner: Dr. Dwight K. Stowell Jr. It is with great fanfare and a now rested and content team of restorers that we can bring Gary Rock IV, the reconstruction of Comet, a Roy Stanley-designed runabout back to its hereditary home on the St. Lawrence River. The original Comet was conceived and launched in Cape Vincent, NY by Stanley Boatworks, just a few miles upriver from Clayton. Her scantlings now reside as a permanent exhibit at the Antique Boat Museum. Dr. Dwight “J” Stowell of Camp Gray Rock, Great Island, Lake Sunapee, NH, a noted collector for over 50 years, has engaged his eminent team of Fish Brothers Marine Service, Cutwater Boatworks (Kent O. Smith, Jr), and Cherry Hill Boatworks (Roger Johnson), to assemble the now famous Thousand Islands boat according to the first set of plans and drawings, commissioned by the Museum and prepared by Ken Bassett, the highly respected restorer and boatbuilder/ designer. Kent O. Smith photo

Rumba

1940 Chevy

14' Unknown Runabout

1940 Chevy HC90

Owner: John Sposato

John Sposato and Rick Casali have teamed up to showcase John’s Gypsy Island Chevy HC90 and Rick Casali’s Rumba together. The Chevy HC90 was restored in Cleveland, OH in a frame-off restoration. Rumba sat unfinished in a barn in Erie, PA for 50 years before Rick Casali bought the hull and commissioned Seaway Boats in Maine to finish her.

#25

1926 / 2020 CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

favorite waters Lake Sunapee, NH

#26

1950 RESTORED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Chris Craft

#27

1929 PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

24' Chris Craft Triple Cockpit

This boat has spent its whole life on Lake Hopatcong, NJ.

favorite waters Lake Hopatcong

Chris Craft advertisement in January, 1929 Yachting. ABM Archives

Excelsior

#28

1988 PRESERVED LATE CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Swatara Creek Susquehanna River

26' Sleekcraft Enforcer

Sleek appropriately defines the style of this wonderful boat. Excelsior is fast, comfortable, safe, and was perfect for raising a family. After almost 35 years she is still picture-perfect in our hearts. Excelsior is in great original condition with custom graphics and interior that still pop today. Thanks for looking!

Vieux Chat 19' Lyman Runabout

#29

Our '57 Lyman was originally purchased new at Mercier's Marine, Clayton, NY, by our Uncle, Homer Cummings Congdon of Buffalo, NY, who summered on French Creek Bay in one of the original cottages. When he passed away, his boat was purchased by Burton A. MacLean of Pomfret, CT, who summered with his wife in Cape Vincent, NY. They christened their boat KAT. We purchased KAT from Michael Palermo in 2004 and had him lovingly restored by St. Lawrence Restoration. He was rechristened VIEUX CHAT to commemorate his life on French Creek Bay and his later ownership by Burton MacLean.

ENGINE:

1957 Gray Marine

1957 RESTORED CLASSIC

RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

#30

1957 Gray Marine 109 6 cyl

1957

Owners: Bill Barker & Robert Barker

INBOARD See # 29 above.

#31

1927 INBOARD

ENGINE:

1927 Evinrude DD

1927 Evinrude DD 2 cyl 4.5 HP Owner: Brian Sherwood All my items are in the price range of most people wanting to get into the hobby. Antique boats and motors do not have to be expensive if you stay small.

#32

1933 PRESERVED ANTIQUE LAUNCH

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

That's Her 40' Brainard Robbins

That’s Her’s hull was built in the old Otis Brooks Lumber mill building that is now part of ABM’s campus as the EJ Noble Historic Stone Building. She was the Grindstone mail boat for a time, and a water taxi from Fishers Landing to Grenell, Murray, Bluff, and Round Islands until the late 70s. That’s Her is now used for special trips and events and enjoying the St. Lawrence.

Heaven On A Sunday 18' Century Sabre

Heaven On A Sunday was purchased at the Antique Boat Auction in 2014. One of 58 Sabres built in 1963, she was one of the few with the optional gull-wing top. Orange was the feature color for the Sabre in 1963, which was also the only year with a center console and bucket seats.

#33

1963 PRESERVED CLASSIC UTILITY

favorite waters Neshaminy Creek Lake Luxembourg

V.I.B. 26' Hutchinson Runabout

Returning to the Boat Show after 37 years! V.I.B., one of only three of its semi-custom design built by Hutchison Boat Works of Alexandria Bay, NY, was on display at the Clayton Antique Boat Show in 1984. For most of her boating life, she was used almost exclusively on Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. Dubbed “V.I.B.” (“Very Important Boat”), she was purchased by Dr. Carl W. Miller from the Siglar Family in about 1965. This “St. Lawrence Cutter” (as Carl Miller referred to her), was enjoyed for everyday summer use for 40 years by the Miller family. Carl gifted this vessel to his daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Mike Deyling 10 years ago. The boat has been in storage and under preservation in Fryeburg, Maine. Her preservation was recently completed by Paul Follansbee, Sebago Lake Boat Works. V.I.B is rumored to have been operated as a “rum-runner” on the St. Lawrence River during Prohibition.

#34

1926 PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

favorite waters Cayuga Lake

#35

1945

Elegant Lady 26' Hacker Triple Cockpit

CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Boat

#36

1968 PRESERVED CLASSIC OUTBOARD

favorite waters West Canada Creek

14' Glastron V-143

This Glastron had only one owner from 1969 - 2020.

ENGINE:

1973 Mercury 850

#37

1973

1973 Mercury 850 4 cyl 85 HP (see entry # 36) Owner: Shawn P. O'Connor

ALUMINIUM GREATER THAN 20 HP

1973 Mercury Catalog - ABM Archives

Miss Algonac

#38

26' Chris Smith & Sons Boat Co. Powered by: 1917 Hall-Scott A-7-A 4 cyl 100 HP Runabout

1922

Owners: John & Rebecca Allen

The World's Oldest Chris Craft with its Surviving Hall-Scott Aviation Engine The year was 1922 and the newly formed Chris Smith & Sons Boat Co. was taking shape at a rapid pace on Algonac’s waterfront. Chris Smith had been building boats for years, but the goal of this new company was to produce a line of standardized 26' runabouts and create an inventory of affordable, quality-built boats for the general public. This had been done successfully in the automotive industry, but up to this point, boats were built to order. In addition to the new 26-footers, Smith and his sons planned to continue producing the high-end 33' Baby Gar runabouts for Gar Wood and build racers that competed nationally, earning Smith his nickname “The Wizard of Algonac.” (continued)

PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

favorite waters Gull Lake, MN

During this first year of operation, the company continued to build custom runabouts while developing the Standard Runabout design. Orders came in from prominent Detroit citizens who could choose the length, front or rear-drive configuration, and type of mahogany used, and boats were powered by the 4-cylinder HallScott A-7-A, a surplus WWI aviation engine. A. W. MacKerer, the production manager, oversaw the building of these prototypes and kept a notebook detailing design, construction, performance, cost of each project and used this information to manage the labor and material cost for the Standard Runabout. At the same time, Jay Smith was developing and marinized another WWI aeronautic engine, the V-8 Curtiss OX-5. These surplus engines could be purchased for half the cost of the Hall-Scott engines and would power the new line of boats. Henry Ritter, president of H.G. Ritter Cigar Box Co. ordered his 26' rear-drive runabout in early 1922. The hull design was based on Smith’s successful 26’ Gold Cup race boat, a design that would be used for the Standard Runabout as well. Ritter’s boat shared construction details with the Baby Gars such as the use of steam bent intermediate ribs, back-fastened intermediate ribs on the sides and decks, a red lead painted bilge, and wider ceiling planks with beaded edging in the interior cockpits. It is not surprising to see these shared details, as the Baby Gars and Smith boats were built side-by-side; however, these details were discontinued in the Standard Runabout design as a cost saving measure to produce a more affordable boat. Company accounts show Ritter’s boat going back to the factory for additional work in the fall and the following year, Ritter traded up for the new Standard Runabout. Fifty years later, Bruce Barnard and Mark Mason, two seasoned collectors, discovered an early Chris-Craft in a Detroit boatyard. It was a front-drive design with a windshield and looked like one of the Standard Runabouts. They brought the boat home and discovered the original dash hidden behind a panel in the rear cockpit, evidence that it was an earlier rear-drive model. They began a restoration, replacing the oil-soaked bottom and broken planks, but then put the project aside. John Allen, an avid Minnesota collector, had two marinized aero engines, a Hall-Scott A-7-A and Curtiss OX-5, both used in the early Chris Crafts, and was looking for an appropriate hull for these engines. He purchased the unfinished project and commissioned Muller Boatworks in Sunapee, NH to complete the restoration. The engine was restored by Scott Boyes, Brainerd, MN. The narrow width of the stringers in the boat matched the Hall-Scott perfectly and determined that this was one of Chris-Craft’s earliest boats. With extensive research using early photographs and MacKerer’s notes, the restoration of the rear-drive model was completed with original gauges and controls and seating layout. Company records and notes linked this boat to Henry Ritter, the fourth boat produced in 1922. Christened Miss Algonac, for her original port of call, she is the world’s oldest surviving Chris-Craft. Never before in the history of boating has it been possible to obtain a boat of this type, speed and quality at such a remarkably low price. (Power Boating advertisement, 1924)

Mr. Breeze 15' Century Utility

Mr. Breeze is a much-loved user boat. David does all the mechanical work while sharing the varnish work with his wife Nancy. The current engine (the 3rd engine for the boat) delivers plenty of power, control, and a relaxed cruising engine rpm at skiing speeds. Mr. Breeze is one of 85 built of this model in 1941 before Century switched to turnery for the World War II effort.

#39

1941 RESTORED ANTIQUE UTILITY

favorite waters Delaware River Great Egg Harbor River

Feather 14' Rushton Arkansas Traveler

Owners: Ric & Wendy Fetridge Originally sold to us as a UGO, upon measurement we discovered she was an Arkansas Traveler. Rushton was a premier canoe and wooden boatbuilder from the Adirondacks in NY. An all wooden canoe (not canvas covered), she required a great deal of swelling up prior to our first adventure out onto the lake. As we passed by the small island, a bald eagle flew over us confirming her name. Very stable and lightweight, she is a delight to make a run across the lake for donuts.

#40

1895 PRESERED HISTORIC PADDLING CANOE

favorite waters Pontoosuc Lake, MA Finger Lakes, NY

Toots

#41

1939

19' Garwood Deluxe Runabout

PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

favorite waters Saugatuck River

E.S.W.

#42

1902 PRESERVED HISTORIC ROWING SKIFF

favorite waters Hebron Lake Housatonic River

17' 6" Joseph Adams Camp Boat

Owner: Bette Heinzman (In Memory of Lee Heinzman)

In 1895, Edward S. Wilson, “Mr. Ned”, founded a boys’ camp called Camp Pasquaney on Hebron Lake, NH. The camp is still in operation today- 120+ years later! In 1902, the camp authorized the construction of six boats to be primarily used by the campers. The boatbuilder was Joseph Adams who was associated with the camp for over 40 years. One boat was different from the others- whereas most boats were painted, one boat was used for the founder and first camp director as his personal boat. The boat was varnished inside and out and was identified by the owner’s initials – E.S.W. Even though the boat was used by the owner, E.S.W. saw heavy use by the campers as well; the scrapes and dings on the hull are testament to this! E.S.W. is in preserved condition with only a small amount of wood replacement, and it is estimated that she is 98 percent original.

Ho-Li-Chit 16' Century Resorter

Ho-Li-Chit was purchased in New Preston, CT in June 2017; her original name was Agwa Maru. Ho-Li-Chit is a 1964, 16-foot Century Resorter that was originally powered by an Interceptor or Gray Marine V8. She is now powered by a Crusader Interceptor 8-cylinder, 220 HP engine. Ho-Li-Chit is being shown here at the show by Rick and Penny Botelho in memory of Lee Heinzman who originally purchased her in 2017. Lee passed in 2020 before completing the restoration so Rick stepped in, without ever working on a wooden boat, and finished the restoration in late 2020 during the pandemic!

Jazz 16' Gar Wood Ensign

The 1946 Ensign is a 16 foot utility entry level boat. Most topsides were painted white with varnished transom and decks because of the absence of quality mahogany at that time. I have known Jazz for more than twenty years. Her resurrection was done by John Telash and the late Jack Barron. 95% of her original wood remains. To me, Jazz had been the “Gold Standard” for the model. In the spring of 2018 Don Spring was having a moving sale, and others contributed consigned items. I noticed there was an Ensign listed. I asked how it compared to Jazz. When the answer came, “It is Jazz,” I immediately said, “I’ll buy it.” We have taken Jazz to several shows throughout the northeast and Jazz has received 1st Place or Best Gar Wood awards at all of them. I have completed tasks such as painting the bottom and the boot stripe, varnishing, and replacing the flooring. She has been used for as our pleasure boat as well as a show boat.

#43

1964 PRESERVED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Housatonic River

#44

1946 PRESERVED CLASSIC UTILITY

favorite waters Keuka Lake

#45

2010 CONTEMPORARY

Just For You 28' Gar Wood Custom Boats Custom Runabout

RUNABOUT

Only 28’ Gar Wood ever with a V-10 engine.

favorite waters Brant Lake

#46

Real Class V

2014

28' Gar Wood Custom Boats Powered by: Ilmor Marine 425 HP Streamliner Owners: Cal & Pat Carter

CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Gar Wood Custom Boats located in Brant Lake, NY is a closely held family owned and operated corporation that specializes in the construction and restoration of the legendary Gar Wood Boats. Founded in 1969, today the Turcotte Brothers continue to build Gar Woods on a limited basis as building a quality wooden boat with such a prestigious name as Gar Wood cannot be rushed. The Turcottes have altered the size of their operation to enable them to focus on their goal, which is aptly stated in the 1937 Gar Wood brochure “while Gar Wood runabouts and utilities are standardized, in the sense that they are built to uniform model specifications, every one is built and finished to custom standards of quality.”

Full Moon 28' Hutchinson Sedan

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One of the nine remaining Hutchinson sedans (of 15 built), Full Moon was built for the Dollinger family of Rochester, NY. Since then she has lived continuously in the 1000 Islands, with only 5 owners in her 84 years. In the late 60s, Full Moon almost left the River ablaze: Rod Taylor & Tom Bovenzishe rescued her from becoming a Halloween bonfire at St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. They happened on the scene at just the right time! Now fully restored and frequent award winner, Full Moon resides in Brockville, ON, continuing her life in the 1000 Islands. Read more about Full Moon see page 56.

KaRaT 38' Elco Two-Cabin Fast Cruiser

KaRaT is a two-cabin fast cruiser built by the Electric Launch Company (Elco), the premier maker of launches and cruisers for prestigious customers, mostly based in New York City. KaRaT is a sister ship to the one used by Charles Lindbergh for his 1929 honeymoon with Anne Morrow. Formerly named Queenie, she has recently received a complete keel-up restoration to enhance her original look, gleaming mahogany and shiny brass hardware. In addition, her mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems have been modernized to allow for safe and comfortable long distance cruising in the 1000 Islands and beyond.

1937 PRESERVED ANTIQUE COMMUTER

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

#48

1929 RESTORED ANTIQUE CRUISER

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

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1958 PRESERVED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

Summer Breeze 17' Chris Craft Custom Runabout

favorite waters Lake Hopatcong NJ

#50

1955 PRESERVED ALUMINIUM LESS THAN 20 HP

ENGINE:

1955 Johnson CD-12

2 cyl 5.5 HP Owner: Syd Marsden This engine has never been run on a boat. Originally bought for a boat that was never finished, it has only been test fired at the dealer's or factory.

1955 Johnson Catalog - ABM Archives

ENGINE:

1954 Johnson QD-15

2 cyl 10 HP Owner: Syd Marsden

#51

1955 PRESERVED ALUMINIUM LESS THAN 20 HP

1953 Johnson Catalog - ABM Archives

Tootsie 19' Chris Craft Runabout

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1940 PRESERVED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Knight Lake, PA

Spindrift II

#53

1929 RESTORED ANTIQUE CRUISER

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

46' Elco Flat Top

Spindrift II was built for Judge Harold R. Medina who owned her for close to 40 years. She is believed to be the only 46’ twin screw ever built by Elco. Spindrift II has been the subject of several spectacular mishaps. In the 1938 hurricane, she was carried to the twelfth green of the Westhampton Country Club. In 1950, as the result of a light failure at the entrance to Nantucket Harbor, she ran onto a submerged jetty and sank. In 1961, while at anchor in Moriches Bay, she was struck by a runabout, lost three feet of her bow, and sank. During winter 1980 while in storage, the shed collapsed due to snow load, destroying the after-canopy, and crushing the air horn on the deckhouse roof. Despite all her mishaps, both the interior and exterior of Spindrift II are substantially unchanged. She is truly a well-preserved piece of history.

Della Louise

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1959 RESTORED CLASSIC UTILITY

favorite waters Chesapeake Bay

23' Lyman Sleeper

1960 Lyman ad from the ABM Archives

Monitor 38' Hutchinson Launch

Monitor was built in 1906 for Frank O. Lowden, governor of Illinois and son-in-law of George Pullman. Lowden’s wife Florence inherited Pullman’s island and Castle Rest when her father died in 1897. The couple spent their summers at Castle Rest and eventually commissioned Monitor from Hutchinson Boat Works, of Alexandria Bay. At 38-feet, Monitor is the longest privately-owned launch built by Hutchinson. At one point, she served as a taxi from a secret gambling hall. Under unknown circumstances, the Monitor eventually sank. For many years, she sat at the bottom of the River at Ina Island’s boathouse. One day, the grandson of the boathouse owner spotted something shiny in the water. He jumped in and discovered that shiny object was the windshield of Monitor. In the 1990s, Richard Calabrese Sr. bought Monitor and reunited it with Castle Rest, which he purchased from Florence Pullman Lowden some 20 years earlier.

Morris Paddling Canoe 16' B.N. Morris Paddling Canoe Owner: Mark Giovannetti This canoe has special "D" shaped spruce gunwales.

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1906 PRESERVED HISTORIC LAUNCH

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

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1912 PRESERVED HISTORIC PADDLING CANOE

favorite waters Oswego River

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1940 PRESERVED ANTIQUE PADDLING CANOE

Peterborough Canadian Canoe 16' Peterborough Canoe Company Canadian

Owner: Mark Giovannetti

favorite waters Oswego River

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1920-30 ANTIQUE ROWBOAT

favorite waters Oswego River

Pilgrim Keuka Lake Trout Boat 12' Charles Pilgrim Keuka Lake Trout Boat

Owner: Mark Giovannetti

Remember Wenn 20' Lyman Runabout

Powered by: 1937 Chrysler Crown M-2 6 cyl 97 HP Owner: David Wenn Remember Wenn is a factory preserved boat with the original engine. She is a great ride, not fast but stable.

#59

1937 PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

favorite waters Ausable River

Gus' Minion 17.5' Chris Craft Ski Boat

The current owners drove to Elkhart, IN in 2005 to pick up this boat having bought it from the original owner’s son without seeing it in person. Over the last 16 years they have repaired and restored items in need as well as used the boat regularly on Central NY waters. The boat is fun to cruise on as well as swim off of and tube behind. The boat is named Gus’ Minion due to its bright yellow color reminding the owners’ young son (Gus) of the Minions in Despicable Me. Gus’ Minion is a fun Fiberglass Classic Ski Boat which has won a number of awards at ABM’s Annual Boat Show. Gus was just 6 years old when he started participating in the ABM shows with this boat and he looks forward to participating every year he can.

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1976 PRESERVED LATE CLASSIC SKI BOAT

favorite waters Oneida Lake Skaneateles Lake St. Lawrence River

#61

1969 RESTORED CLASSIC UTILITY

favorite waters Onondaga Lake

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1910 PRESERVED HISTORIC ROWING SKIFF

favorite waters Delaware River

Chris Craft Commander 19' Chris Craft Commander

Powered by: 1969 Chris Craft 327 8 cyl 210 HP Owners: Elaina Pirro & John Lombardi The current owners acquired the boat in 2001. After the husband made a number of wrong turns and finally admitted he was lost the couple came upon this boat painted cherry red with a large gold stripe with the exhausts coming off the engine facing the wrong direction. This particular model of boat was a staple in the covered boat shed at Bonnie Castle Marina in the late 1970s/early 1980s. The wife immediately recognized the model as one she and her brother would see and wish they owned. To make amends for getting lost, the husband agreed to purchase the boat and the couple restored it over several years. This boat is a joy to drive and the exhaust sound is music to the owners’ ears! Only 101 hulls of this type were built in 1969. This is hull #40 which was originally delivered to Shark River Hills Marina in Neptune, NJ on March 29, 1969.

Sacajawea 16' Double Ended Rowing Skiff

Owner: Eric Tech Sacajawea has a unique design and her original spoon bill oars and bronze hardware. She was restored in 1995 and is 90% original.

ENGINE:

1923 Elto

1923 Elto Rudder Twin 2 cyl 3 HP Owner: Allyn Hetzke Sr.

1917 Ford 1917 Ford Model T Owner: Allyn Hetzke Sr.

1923 PRESERVED ALUMINIUM LESS THAN 20 HP

Originally a touring car, the back seat of this Model T was removed and a pickup bed was built and added after a beam in the barn fell on it. Displayed on the back is a 1923 Elto Rudder Twin with oars and fishing poles as if ready for a day out on the River. This Elto model has no tiller and instead had ropes that were laid along the gunwales and used to steer and control the boat. It also needs a hotshot battery to ignite the gas. Walt Peeters restored this motor and Tim Nielson restored the Model T.

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Whiskey Plank 21' Lyman Utility

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Powered by: 1963 Ford Interceptor 8 cyl 165 HP Owners: Mike & Sue Lyford As lovers of the ABM we have bought and sold several boats at the auctions over the years. Our 1962 Lyman was purchased at the 2019 Auction after which we had work done to preserve her at St. Lawrence Restoration. Whiskey Plank was just put in the River July 15, 2021 and we love her already.

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1962 PRESERVED CLASSIC UTILITY

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

#65

1958 PRESERVED CLASSIC OUTBOARD BOAT

Woodstock 16' Thompson Runabout

Woodstock lives near the original Woodstock site.

favorite waters Wanaksink Lake Lake Marie Louise

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1941 PRESERVED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Cupcake 16.5' Gar Wood Deluxe Runabout

Powered by: 1941 Chrysler Ace 6 cyl 85 HP Owner: Joseph McBride The first of only eleven barrel bow/ barrel stern 16.5’ runabouts built.

My Bette 18' Chris Craft Cobra

Powered by: 1955 Chris Craft Marine KBL 6 cyl 131 HP Owner: David McEwen was originally delivered to Wilson Chris My Bette Craft Sales in Rehobeth, DE in 1955. She sat in the showroom for two years before being sold to a local person. She wound up at the Philadelphia Seaplane Port and was purchased by an owner there in 1961. He brought her to Canandaigua Lake, NY until 1966. My Bette was purchased by the next owner that year and remained on Keuka Lake, NY until I purchased her in 2015. She was restored and completed in May 2021. The KBL engine was rebuilt by me.

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1955 RESTORED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters Canandaigua and Keuka Lakes

Hacker Runabout 19' 2" John Hacker Design Runabout

Built by the original owner in Florida who intended to build and sell boats of this design. He only used it two times. I purchased it at the 2009 ABM Auction.

#68

1998 CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

favorite waters Chesepeake Bay

#69

1941 RESTORED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT

Mountain Thunder 25' 6" Gar Wood Custom Runabout

Only 2 of these 25’ 6” triple cockpit custom runabouts were built in 1941 making it an exceptionally rare boat. 1937-1941 marked Gar Wood’s true “design perfection”, building some of the most beautiful boats in production and setting a standard for all other competitors. With heavily crowned decks, rounded covered boards, and pronounced bow flare, the 1941 models are unmistakable. This example has been meticulously restored and is powered by a Scripps V-12 engine; one of the most expensive marine engines of the time. This “trophy fleet” model is ready to be enjoyed by a discerning collector.

Luella

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2008 CONTEMPORARY

LAUNCH

30' Peter Freebody Victorian Launch

This piece of elegance is a Victorian Launch made by Peter Freebody of England. The boat is a one-of-a-kind launch with bronze hardware made from casting ties from the 1800s. It is not a replica but influenced by three other launches incorporating the best from each boat. The boat was custom built and shipped to the original and current owner. The boat has twin helm steering stations and is wired with a sound system. The boat features an enclosed area as well as fringed canopy over the bow area. The boat has been extremely well cared for and all aspects of the boat were handcrafted from teak.

Miss Comet Powered by: 1949 Twin experimental Chrysler Hemi 8 cyl 700 HP Owner: Mike Cregg Comet is a unique Miss

26' Monty O'Shea Custom Raceboat

and special performance runabout. She was designed by Naval Architect, Monty O'Shea, and built in Michigan between 1945-49. She is built entirely of her original laminated Honduras mahogany. The unique bottom design features 2 planing-steps and a forward rudder for directional control at speed. Power comes from a pair of 350 HP Chrysler Hemi engines equipped with 4 2-barrel carburetors each. In its early days, the boat was reported to reach speeds between 80 and 100 mph! Miss Comet has a well publicized history. She was the featured boat in issue 97 of Classic Boating Magazine, as well as being featured in Bob Speltz Real Runabouts Series. Miss Comet is a multiple award winner, including winning the Thunderbird Award for most unique boat at the 1998 Lake Tahoe Concours D’ Elegance. She now resides in her new home in Alexandria Bay NY.

Arrivederci 30' Reets Boatworks/ Riva Super Aquarama

Powered by: Twin 2018 Ilmor 6.2 L 8 cyl 430 HP Owner: Adam Retersdorf Arrivederci is a very maneuverable boat with bow and stern thrusters. She is fun to drive.

#71

1949 PRESERVED CLASSIC RACEBOAT

favorite waters Erie Canal

#72

2018 CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

favorite waters Chesepeake Bay

Pullman

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1950 RESTORED CLASSIC UTILITY

26' Hutchinson Utility

Pullman was originally commissioned and owned by the Pullman family of Pullman Railroad Car Company.

favorite waters Housatonic River

#74

1945 RESTORED CLASSIC LAUNCH

favorite waters Tupper Lake

Geraldine United States Coast Guard Powered by: 1980 Universal Atomic Four 4 cyl 30 HP Converted Whaleboat Owner: Joe Sabo Geraldine is a unique boat as a former USCG motor whaleboat that was converted to a launch. She was found by the previous owner in a farmer’s field in the Saint Marys River area of Michigan between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan and rescued from the burn pile. The nearest Coast Guard facility is a lighthouse on De Tour Reef near De Tour Island. Geraldine was most likely a tender for the lighthouse when the Coast Guard maintained and manned the Great Lakes lighthouses. Now retired, Geraldine enjoys spending her summers entertaining our friends on Tupper Lake in the heart of the Adirondack State Park.

ABM Boats at the Show

Cicada 1928 RESTORED ANTIQUE RACER

33' Gar Wood Baby Gar

Cicada is one of 8 Baby Gars known to still be in existence of the 68 built between 1922-1929. Built in 1928 as Davey Jones for Caleb Bragg, owner of Baby Bootlegger, Cicada sank in Long Island Sound in 1938 and was resurrected by Bill Leiber and Jack Kraemer. Cicada set speed records in the early 1950s at the Harwood Trophy races around Manhattan Island.

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Zipper 1974 RESTORED CLASSIC COMMUTER

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

42' Staudacher Yacht Company Commuter Yacht

Zipper was designed for the Purdy Boat Company. Though designed in the 1930s, the boat was never built. In 1974, brewery magnate John W. Stroh finally commissioned Staudacher Yachts to build her. While remaining faithful to the original design, Staudacher utilized modern construction methods and gave Zipper a strong, “screwed and glued” double-planked hull with vertically-scarfed mahogany planking on steam-bent oak frames. Zipper is a commuter yacht, emblematic of a type from the 1920-30s.

Pardon Me 48' Hutchinson Boat Works Custom Runabout

Pardon Me is one of the most memorable runabouts ever built. Commissioned by Charles P. Lyon of Chippewa Bay in the 1000 Islands, she was designed by Hacker and built by the Hutchinson Boat Works of Alexandria Bay, NY. Work began on Pardon Me before the design was actually completed. After more than 30 years away from the St. Lawrence River, Pardon Me returned in 1983 to ABM’s Annual Antique Boat Show and became a part of the Museum’s collection in 1986 thanks to the generosity of Jim & Tony Lewis.

1948 RESTORED CLASSIC RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Gadfly 33' Hutchinson Boat Works Sedan Commuter

Built in Alexandria Bay by Hutchinson Boat Works, Gadfly spent her early years in the 1000 Islands before being moved to Michigan. This sedan commuter returned to the River in 1994 when she was donated to the Museum. As part of the Museum’s In-Water Fleet she has provided hundreds of Museum patrons with the opportunity to enjoy traveling on the River in the secure comfort that is the embodiment of her style. Her large planing hull seems to disguise the cruising speed that swiftly propels this grand boat to her destination. Ian Coristine photo

1931 RESTORED ANTIQUE COMMUTER

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Idyll Oaks 1924 RESTORED ANTIQUE LAUNCH

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

28' Hutchinson Boat Works Launch

Idyll Oaks is a very special boat in the Museum’s collection as the boat whose restoration lead to the first Antique Boat Show and subsequently what would become today’s Antique Boat Museum. Built by Hutchinson Boat Works of Alexandria Bay, NY, Idyll Oaks possesses the traditional lines that made the St. Lawrence River launches so popular with their soft-riding displacement hulls. She was restored by Gary Scherb of Old Time Boat Company in time to reprise her lead role at the 50th Annual Antique Boat Show in 2014.

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HaPike 1941 PRESERVED ANTIQUE COMMUTER

favorite waters formerly Lake Pend, ID

30' Gar Wood Commuter

HaPike is unique as the only Gar Wood commuter of 13 produced still in existence as well as being the only one sold to a private individual. She was purchased by the mayor of Sandpoint, Idaho, Pike Moon and his wife Hazel. Hazel Moon chose the Gar Wood commuter over a two-story home in the 400 District of Sandpoint because ‘she was not that great of a housekeeper and would rather have the boat and be outside.’ During the Moons’ ownership HaPike hosted VIP Navy personnel during WWII and Bing Crosby on a fishing trip. Purchased from the Moon family by Laurie and Anita Dowsett in 1983, HaPike was restored by Northwest Classic Boats in Auburn, CA.

Miss Thousand Islands III 30' Hacker Triple Cockpit Runabout

In the early 1980s Morgan Marine on Lake George purchased the rights to the legendary Hacker name and began building new boats from original designs. The Hacker Boat Company carries on with this tradition at their shop in upstate New York. Hacker Craft is one of the most recognizable names amongst wooden boats today and it is the Museum’s pleasure to provide visitors to the Museum the experience of the joy and excitement of a speedboat ride every season on Miss Thousand Islands III and the preceding Miss Thousands Islands and Miss Thousand Islands II through the Ride the River program.

2005 CONTEMPORARY

RUNABOUT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Snail 33' Gar Wood Baby Gar

The 37th Baby Gar, Snail was built for Life Savers Inc. Company president Edward J. Noble. Local legend has it that Noble offered a large reward for any boat on the St. Lawrence River that could beat Snail in a race. In 2019, Snail was documented by HABS/HAER, her engine was refurbished by Larry Turcotte, and some wood restoration was completed by St. Lawrence Restoration as part of a recommissioning for in-water display at the Museum.

1926 RESTORED ANTIQUE RACER

Kent O. Smith Jr. photo

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Teal 1989 PRESERVED LATE CLASSIC RUNABOUT

28' Gar Wood Custom Boats Triple Cockpit Runabout

Based on Gar Wood’s 1938 triple-cockpit runabout, Teal is an ideal in-water boat for the Museum. Riding in Teal is like stepping back in time with all of the security of a modern craft. Riders can enjoy the soft ride and handling characteristics that made Gar Wood boats famous throughout the world.

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Suwanee 1909 PRESERVED HISTORIC RACEBOAT

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

31.5' L.E. Fry Light Speed Launch

Suwanee is a custom-built "light speed launch" built by L.E. Fry and Co. in 1909 for W.H. Owen of Utica, NY. The contract for her construction specified the design to be created by L.E. Fry & Co., with her length to be just within the A.P.B.A. 32-foot class limit. Mr. Owen, a summer resident of Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island used Suwanee to pick up groceries in Clayton when he wasn't racing her. After Mr. Owen died in 1955, Suwanee was purchased by Bob Cox, who enjoyed her on the River and in Florida for many years before donating her to the Museum in 1996.

Wild Goose 40' Hutchinson Boat Works Launch

If Wild Goose has a familiar silhouette, it may be because she has been an ambassador for the Antique Boat Museum as the boat in the ABM logo for over 30 years. She was built by the Hutchinson Brothers boatyard in Alexandria Bay, NY in 1915 as a high-speed launch for island commuting. Her original owner, Frederick Lovejoy, named her Onondaga III and used her to ferry passengers to and from his home in Westminster Park on Wellesley Island. In 1928 the boat was purchased by Cleveland E. Dodge of Grindstone Island and Wild Goose Island and renamed Wild Goose. For over seventy years she served as a family launch for the Dodge family, who loved and carefully maintained the boat throughout its life.

Mark Your Calendar.. August 5-7 2022 Featuring:

1915 RESTORED HISTORIC LAUNCH

favorite waters St. Lawrence River

Footloose and Fancy Free Recommissioning at the Antique Boat Museum If you have visited the Antique Boat Museum in the past several years and toured The National Motor Boat Show exhibit located in the Cleveland E. Dodge Memorial Launch Building you have no doubt noticed Footloose and Fancy Free, our unique 1937 25’ triple cockpit runabout. As a one-of-a-kind custom boat, Footloose and Fancy Free is one of the great treasures of the Museum's permanent collection. She represents the genius of legendary boat designer John Hacker and the extraordinary craftsmanship of one of the finest custom builders of the early 20th century, the Fitzgerald & Lee Motor Boat Company of Alexandria Bay, New York. Footloose is one of Fitzgerald & Lee’s best-known runabouts of the period. She was a custom design by John Hacker with rounded covering boards, extreme barreling at the transom, mahogany windshield brackets and barreling of the bow. She was completed in 1937 and donated to the Antique Boat Museum in 1987. Originally named Messenger, she passed through several owners before eventually winding up in the coastal waters of Florida. Her varnish color is unusual in that it is lighter than most, likely due to the strong sun of the tropic waters. Her craftsmanship is second to none and she remains one of the most popular boats in the museum collection. After careful consideration the Museum designated Footloose and Fancy Free as a Special Project boat in 2020 and began a conservative recommissioning process for limited in-water educational use. One large part of this project was repowering the boat with what would have been her original engine, a Scripps 302 V-12.

1937

28' Hacker designed, Fitzgerald & Lee Triple Cockpit Powered by: Scripps 302 V12 Donor: Patrick F. Taylor RESTORED ANTIQUE RUNABOUT Click the link below to explore some of this wonderful boat's journey with Museum staff and 4th Coast Fours of Waddington, NY.

58 Originally published in the ACBS Newsletter April, 2015.

By Ray and Judy Saunders

A Full Moon Rising

Full Moon is a 1937 twenty-eight foot Hutchinson Hardtop Sedan, also known as a Commuter, as their most common usage was commuting to the owner’s “cottage” in the Thousand Islands. It is believed that John Hacker designed them for Hutchinson. Commuters were also frequently used by the wealthy to carry the elegantly dressed to festive dinners/events on other islands, where windless/wetless riding conditions were considered necessary to prevent disturbing the ladies’ extravagant hairdos! Although Judy and I will not need to commute to such glorious events as in the days of old, we were sure that the enclosed hardtop would come in handy during long moonlit (Full Moon) runs on the river. Judy and I bought Full Moon during the early spring of 2009 because we needed a larger, St. Lawrence Rivercompatible boat, as we expected to move from Ottawa to Brockville in the spring of 2012 (became Dec 2013 due to construction delays). Naturally, based on the available Marine Survey, inspections and discussions

with people familiar with the boat for many years the boat only needed a “little work”, or so I thought. Five! years of reasonably steady work later..., the boat was finally ready for re-launching in the summer of 2014. As an aside, we had an ongoing “bet” with the Developer, a fellow wood boater, regarding which would be ready first – the boat or the condo: he won, but only by 6 months! The following brief history of Hutchinson Boat Works was edited from a much longer article written by Bonnie Wilkinson Mark in 2007 for Thousand Island Magazine. Bonnie is the great granddaughter of Bert Hutchinson, one of the original company founders. The full article can be read at: http://www.thousandislandslife. com/BackIssues/Archive/tabid/393/articleType/ ArticleView/articleId/587/Hutchinson-Boat-Works.aspx “George and James Herbert (Bert) Hutchinson started Hutchinson Brothers Boat Works circa 1902 in rented facilities on Sisson Street, in Alexandria Bay, New York. From 1902 to 1964, Hutchinson’s constructed well over 250 boats. These craft ranged in size from

19 feet (utility) to 48 feet (runabout), with 28-foot runabouts being the most common size in the earlier years and 22-foot and 26- foot stock, utility boats being the most common size in the later years. Hutchinson’s constructed many different types of boats over the years, including houseboats, launches, racing boats, cruisers, runabouts, sedans, utilities, and boats for the war effort. Although Hutchinson used many different engine types in the early years as manufacturers made performance improvements, in the 1930s they began using Chrysler Marine engines. During the 1930s Hutchinson began constructing sedan boats while they were building runabouts and utilities. These boats ranged in size from 28 feet to 40 feet in length and had a hard top, generally with bench seating underneath the hard top, preferably on the left hand side, and sometimes with wicker chairs instead, as in Full Moon. They included an aft exterior cockpit and were finished “bright” inside and out. Of all the sedan boats that were constructed, the 28-foot sedan was the most popular model built during the mid to late 1930s. There are currently nine of the original fifteen 28-foot sedans built still in existence, located throughout the United States and Canada. These “special mahogany sedan type motor boats” were built of “bright” finished Mexican mahogany inside and out, with chromium plated trimmings, different interior seating configurations as per the owners’ requests, and with all cushions manufactured from the then-new Dunlopillo rubber-based foam, which was covered with genuine leather. A powerful engine such as the straight 8 Chrysler Royal in Full Moon was generally installed, giving the boats a speed of over 30 mph.” I would be remiss if I did not tell you at least a few stories of Full Moon’s history. First of all, the name: in spite of temptations to believe the name has something to do with rum running by moonlight, the real reason is much tamer: the 3rd owners, Rod Taylor and Tom Bovenzi, named her Full Moon when they purchased her in the late 1960s, as they liked to take her out at night under the “light of the Full Moon”. A more interesting story comes after the Dollinger family (the original owners) deeded her to St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY when Fr. Patrick Braden, CSB, an ex-navy priest, was the President (becoming the 2nd owner). It seems that the monsignor just loved using the boat. He mainly used it on the Erie Canal, which was a less than satisfactory place to run a planing hull due to its speed limits and may have led

to his later decision to sell her. After some years the President felt that it was becoming impractical for the college to retain the boat, thus decided to sell it. Before it was sold, it is rumored that she was placed on top of a large bonfire being built to celebrate a pending College Halloween event. Fortunately she was spotted and purchased by Rod Taylor and Tom Bovenzi before the fire was lit! They paid $6,000 on condition that the boat was removed from the campus within 2 days. Although less glamorous, an important part of Full Moon’s history was introduced by the first owners, Les Dollinger, a Rochester travel executive, and his son Rick, a past New York State Senator. In 1949 they replaced the original V-drive Chrysler engine with the existing straight eight Chrysler Royal located midship. The main reason for this relocation was to give the boat a better attitude across the water and to make the boat more sea-kindly in a beam sea. This work also involved a reconfiguration of the rear cockpit and seating. All of this work was completed by the Hutchinson’s Boat Works factory. The Dollingers’ originally named the boat Parapluie. It is believed that this name was prompted not only by its sedan configuration but also by its incessant wetness when in a chop on the open water of Lake Ontario near Rochester, NY (where they lived and sometimes ran the boat). Interestingly, their private island, Long Vue, which is just west of Alexander Bay, remains the only artificially created island on the river, and when they sold her, Parapluie was the last boat remaining in their boathouse. Her original name and port of hail plates were strangely made of plastic. Tom Bovenzi gave them to the Dollinger family a number of years ago as Rick Dollinger wanted them as a remembrance of his grandfather, and are believed to still be in their house in Pittsford. In 1992 the 4th owners, Peter and Francis Rossmassler purchased Full Moon. He and his family were wonderful owners with a home on Grindstone Island where they used her extensively every summer and kept her during the season in their boathouse. The Taylors became good friends with the Rossmasslers and frequently enjoyed their hospitality aboard and ashore several times, usually about boat show time in Clayton. The Taylors discovered, based on their experiences aboard the boat, the huge difference in her sea-kindliness when in the Islands versus offshore in Lake Ontario, and this experience reinforced to them the genius of her lines for the place for which she was intended to run, the Thousand Islands.

Judy and I are the 5th owners, having bought her in the early spring of 2009. The following story of Full Moon’s Rising is about her lengthy restoration that has returned her to her original glory. Full Moon is now based in Brockville, Ontario.

Several ribs were also broken. Naturally, this condition affected the entire structural integrity of the boat, as all framing and ribs are attached to these 2 supports. This “revelation” changed everything (budgets, timelines), as the “structural integrity” of the boat had to be restored before putting it in the water. Oh well, as they say, “in for a penny, in for a pound” (or 2 or 3!). The question was: what to do? Traditionally, the motor would be removed, the boat would then be turned upside down, the bottom removed, and then new stringers & framing would be installed along with new ribs. The bottom planks would then be reinstalled (probably with new wood), the boat reassembled and refinished. This process is unbelievably costly and thus not the approach I was willing to take, especially when the original bottom wood planking on Full Moon was found to be in very good shape after the many layers of bottom paint were scraped off.

Full Moon as she looked when the Saunders found her.

The Story of Full Moon’s Rising: When we first saw Full Moon, the boat was dirty, full of junk and had a very poor uneven plywood floor, yet had reasonably good varnish. The chrome and upholstery for the most part were poor but serviceable for the near term, and all the original hardware and gauges were there. It appeared to be an easy “restoration/preservation”, as the planking was and still is 98 % original, including the bottom; and all the original hardware, including the factory banjo steering wheel, optional spot light on the roof, and gauges, were there. ACBS considers Full Moon to be “Preserved” due to its high level of originality. My original intention was to clean up the boat, replace the unsafe floor, tune up the motor and put her in the water, with the rest of the required work being completed in future years. However, as with all “best made plans of men and mice”, the devil is in the details and unknowns. When we removed the floor from in front of the motor forward, which was screwed and glued down and thus not visible before the boat was bought, we found that the main stringers (large central framing supports running from end to end (20+ feet) that the motor, framing ribs, etc are attached to) were rotted to the point that they could be pulled apart with your fingers in several places.

My restorer and I pondered the situation for a while and finally concluded that if we supported the boat properly, we could replace the stringers and broken ribs from the “inside” (one at a time) without turning over the boat or removing the bottom planking. We could do this because the stringers were bolted right through the bottom wood of the boat, thus making the stringers removable with minimum damage to the ribs and bottom wood. We also decided that the ribs could be replaced without steaming them to achieve the required shape, if we installed them by building up thin strips of oak (1/4”) that were “cold bent” to shape via following the existing bottom planking, then gluing & screwing them in place one strip at a time to form ribs of the correct strength and shape. Such ribs resemble “plywood” when complete. An “old timer” told us about this method. It is notable that of all the boat restorers and knowledgeable people we talked to, no one had heard of or has undertaken either of these tasks as described above. The good news is that upon execution, our methods to restore the structural integrity of the boat worked as planned. All the framing is now back together and the boat is straighter and stronger than it ever was. As it turned out only the front 2/3 of both stringers had to be replaced; the existing stringers from the motor back were solid and thus we used them as the “base line” for placing and leveling the new stringers and framing. A side but important result of our method is that we were able to discover that the weakened original stringers had allowed the boat to seriously cont.

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“hog” (sag) from the middle forward (bad news for handling if left uncorrected!). The front of the boat had to be literally jacked up 1.5 inches via the keel so that the existing ribs/framing would touch the newly installed, level stringers (e.g. when installed level, there was an 1.5 inch space between the stringers and the ribs at the front, tapering to zero by mid boat). This jacking action straightened the entire boat such that the original topside lines and fairing visibly came back into shape. The rest of the structural integrity work mainly involved installing the new ribs as described, installing appropriate bracing, scraping, sealing and repainting the bottom planking, cleaning and painting the entire inside below floor level. An interesting tidbit is that other local restorers have come to look at what we have done so they can copy the procedures – the cost and time savings are that great. It was now 2011, two years after we started and we were finally ready to design, make and install the teak floor panels – the original “major” job that I had planned for the boat, not to mention undertaking all the traditional preservation tasks that are required for any first class boat restoration (motor, upholstery, chroming, wiring, varnishing, etc.). We expected that the boat would be ready that summer and had the upholstery done, but as it turns out, we were off a few years…

Since 2011, much has happened. Most importantly, I had to change restorers after two more years of minimal refinishing effort by the first restorer. It became clear that he was not up to the tasks at hand, but was extremely good at making promises and talking a good line. An expensive lesson learned re not choosing the right restorer in the first place, leading to much work getting redone to make it right. My new restorer, Ken Wykes of Wykes Boat Works, Harlem, Ontario, turned out to be amazing. Ken had to redo a lot of work to get everything straight and true. He also completed the vintage wiring, installed the Drake rebuilt vintage motor, installed the rollup windows, adjusted the teak flooring panels so they fit properly, revarnished the boat and installed all the original rechromed hardware and original gauges. He completed all this work in just over a year, which was a great relief for Judy and I. Thus, after 5 years of waiting, praying and paying, Full Moon, was finally ready for launching in July, 2014. Given the volume of work required and last minute surprises, we barely made the Manotick Classic Boat Club show in late July and still faced some issues. The most critical was that the boat had not yet swelled up, so it took on water continuously, and cont.

the generator was not charging, even though it had been rebuilt, so the pumps would die. Additionally we could not maneuverer the boat properly because the rudder appeared to be too small and was limited in its turning radius, leading to constant frustration (and marital discord) when trying to dock. After the Show weekend, both of these conditions were fixed. As it turns out, there was a wire loose in the rebuilt generator, which caused it not to charge. The rudder linkage was modified to provide more turning which cured the problem. Over the rest of the summer the boat was broken in and then prepared for the September ACBS International Show in Skaneateles. The ACBS show was a full-blown affair with over 125 boats from all over the United States and Canada being judged at the gorgeous Skaneateles Country Club. Many of these boats were very high end, one offs, or historically significant. All were dressed to the nines for the show. Although Full Moon was looking her best and we received many compliments, Judy and I assumed

we had no chance for any of the awards. At the Award Dinner, when the “Best Preserved Antique Utility” award was announced, we were in shock – we won a lovely crystal vase award! It appears that all our hard work, angst and wait were worth it. Now she can let her hair down and become simply a user boat.

The Judges Chief Judge Brian Gagnon Returning as Chief Judge for 2021, Brian Gagnon has enjoyed the classic boating hobby since the mid-1970s and has owned and/or restored many different boats over the years including a Chris Craft U22, 19' Dee Wite split cockpit, Gar Wood Ensign, Lyman outboard, Chris Craft Racing Runabout, Ventnor Utility, Gar Wood Sedan and a 20' Chris Craft fiberglass Sportsman. He has served ACBS in all national positions except Treasurer and is the past President of the MidAtlantic Chapter. He and his wife Ellen live in Moorestown, NJ but have homes at Lake Hopatcong and in The Villages, FL. The best thing about the hobby is the wonderful friendships he and Ellen have forged over the years.

Ed Andrews is a lifelong boater. He is a current and past Commander of the Lake Hopatcong Sail and Power Squadron, Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter, a Director of the Lake Hopatcong Chapter ACBS, and is on the ACBS Board. Ed has owned his current 1951 Chris Craft Holiday for almost 25 years. A constant student of the hobby, Ed has read almost all material available and done extensive research into the construction and maintenance of these craft. His original restoration of the Holiday was done in his garage much to his wife's chagrin. Thorough research has taught him to analytically look at each boat and fairly assess the originality and condition of the vessel. John Howard, a retired engineer, resides with his wife Janet in Amherst, NY and Tavares, FL. John joined the Niagara Frontier Chapter in 1976 and is a past Chapter President. He was first elected Director of ACBS International at the 1999 Annual Meeting in Red Wing, MN. He served as an ACBS Director, Vice President, and President. He chaired several committees including Awards, Headquarters Operations and Judging. He has been judging boat shows since 1983 and has been Chief Judge at many shows including the Antique Boat Museum and the first two ACBS International shows. John currently enjoys a 1978 Aristocraft 19.

Peter Hunn asked for a battered

1928 Johnson outboard for his tenth birthday. As the proud owner of a plywood rowboat, he envisioned its potential beyond oars. He admits the old motor topped his gift list primarily because, at $15, it was a lot cheaper than the new Mercury 6-hp he'd hinted about unsuccessfully the year before. That dull little Johnson model A-35 turned out to spark Hunn's lifelong fascination with vintage outboards and served as a starting point for a collection of old kickers and the authoring of about a dozen publications on the subject, including three editions of The Old Outboard Book. A high school administrator and former owner of several local radio stations, Hunn also teaches broadcasting courses at the State University of New York at Oswego. He and his wife, Carol, live in a riparian home in Fulton, New York. Wafting over the little dock in their front yard, sounds of old outboards can sometimes be heard.

John Kadimik is from Lake Hopatcong, NJ. He is a longtime restorer and collector. He and his wife Kim are former owners of Northwood Boat Works. Besides Clayton, John has judged at many boat shows including the Finger Lakes, Skaneateles, Southern New England, and Gull Lake ACBS International Show.

Bill Loveland is a Rochester, NY

resident. He has served as President of the New York Chapter of the Antique Outboard Motor Club. He is a fifth-generation cottager of Fineview on Wellesley Island here in the 1000 Islands and grew up among boats and motors while having a love for the history of the region instilled at a young age.

Frank Mallin built his first boat when he was only 16 years old. Since then boats have been his passion. Frank has owned a 1955 Chris Craft Continental as well as a 1956 Deluxe Runabout. He has also worked on many other boats and is currently working on restoring a Chris Craft Kit boat. Always on the water, Frank's experience is unrivaled. Frank is an active member of the Mid-Atlantic as well as Lake Hopatcong Chapters of the ACBS. Frank Miklos has nearly 30 years’ experience in antique boat research and restoration. Frank is the coauthor of Classic Century Powerboats and in the past has been the newsletter editor for the Century Club’s Thoroughbred. For many years, he was active with Century Boats. Frank developed standard judging guidelines now used at Century Boat Club National Boat Shows. Bo Muller has been involved with wooden boats since riding in his grandfather’s GarWood in the early 60s, Mechanical Engineering degree in hand. Bo took a professional detour in 1982 to restore antique boats with his wife Kathy. Muller Boatworks has specialized in restoring and building antique mahogany runabouts and racing boats ever since. Bo has been involved with the ACBS and ABM for over 30 years. Todd Rissberger, his wife Lisa,

son Curtis, and daughter Carsyn live in Lake Placid, NY. Todd has been actively restoring and servicing classic boats in the area for over 25 years. Todd has been a judge at the Boat Show for the last 5 years. He enjoys returning to Clayton every year to share his expertise and expanding knowledge of classic wooden and fiberglass boats and to help

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Dan Shaver has been around boats his entire life. Growing up and spending summers at his family’s cottage on the St. Lawrence River, Dan’s love for wood boats began at an early age. Until the late 1980s when his father purchased the first fiberglass boat in the family, their main source of transportation between the island property and mainland was a 1955 20’ Chris-Craft Utility. This love of wooden boats has led to the purchase of several project boats over the years, keeping things very busy in the shop. Dan resides with his wife Julie and their boys Jacob and Matthew in Clayton, NY and are members of the Thousand Islands chapter of the ACBS. Mike Shaver has spent summers on the St. Lawrence River his entire life. This started a lifelong affair with boats of all sizes, mostly wooden. He still owns two of the family classics from the mid 1950's. Skills learned from family friends and professionals have allowed him to do a great portion of the maintenance and repairs on his several vessels. He lives in Oswego, NY and works as a mechanical technician at lnficon in East Syracuse, NY. He volunteers at the Minetto Fire Department, The H. Lee White Maritime Museum, the Antique Boat Museum and the Oswego Music Hall. He has recently started racing stock outboard boats with his son Dan and grandsons Jake & Matthew. Rod Taylor was first inspired to collect and restore antique boats by visits to the Adirondack Museum and later, to the old Shipyard Museum here in Clayton. While restoring and exhibiting numerous antique canoes, Adirondack Guide Boats, and Trout Boats, he also owned a Lyman Runabout, a Hutchinson Sedan, and a 1911 Glass Cabin Gentleman’s launch. His judging career began in the late 1990s and has included shows at Clayton, Gravenhurst, Buffalo, and ACBS International shows at Coeur d’Alene and Skaneateles.

Tom and Larry Turcotte are the owners and operators of Gar Wood Custom Boats in Brant Lake, NY. They each have over 40 years of experience restoring antique boats and building new Gar Woods. They strive to create watercraft that are as thrilling to drive as they are to look at.

Power Boats Runabout Launch Utility Racer Outboard Boat Dispro Cruiser Commuter Yacht Tender Steam/Naptha Sail Boat w/Auxiliary Workboat

Wes Van Dine is from Canton,

CT and Tavares, FL. He is on the Board of Directors of the Southern New England Chapter and previously was a member of the International Judging Committee. He has been Chief Judge at the Antique Boat Museum show in Clayton, NY and the Southern New England, Finger Lakes, and Wine Country shows. He has also judged at Clayton, Southern New England, Wine Country, Niagara Frontier, Bay State Woodies, Sunnyland, Toronto, and ACBS International Shows. Wes has a broad knowledge of antique and classic boats as evidenced by his extensive collection.

Non Powered Sail w/o Auxiliary Sailing Canoe - Decked Sailing Canoe - Open Paddling Canoe Adirondack Guideboat Rowing Skiff Sailing Skiff Rowing/Racing Shell Rowboat - Tender, Dinghy, Sharpie, Pram, Dory, etc.

John Vyverberg has spent sum-

mers his entire life at Keuka Lake where messing around with boats and motors were an integral part of his existence. He has been a Wine Country member since 1984 and has had a wooden Chris Craft in the water every year since 1988. He's judged boats at Clayton, the Niagara Chapter, the Finger Lakes Chapter, the Harvey’s Lake Chapter, and Wine Country including several years as chief judge. When asked how many boats he owns, he'll tell you "Too damn many!"

David Wenn runs an indepen-

dent restoration shop called Remember Wenn in Upper Jay, NY. David has been involved with wooden boats for at least 40 years and does this work from April to November. In the wintertime, David is a full time alpine ski coach. His expertise is wide ranging but he especially enjoys small craft mahogany runabouts, utilities and Lymans.

Engines & Motors Aluminium, less than 20 HP Aluminum, 20 HP or more Brass Racing Unmounted Inboard Engine

Historic - built prior to 1919 Antique - built 1919 - 42 Classic - built 1943 - 75 Late Classic - built after 1975. Contemporary - a wooden boat built in the last 25 years.

EXHIBITS Quest for Speed Gets a Face Lift

An old favorite at the Antique Boat Museum received a new graphic design and face lift in 2021. Our Quest for Speed exhibit in the Morgan Building was originally installed in 2008 and this season received brand new updated signage and informational panels. Come view the outstanding Gold Cup and Harmsworth Trophy winner Dixie II as well as record setting hydroplanes, some new interactive attractions and even more!

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What’s New with La Duchesse? New Upholstery and a Familiar Sculpture Adorn ABM's Iconic Houseboat

2021 visitors have been able to see our most recent restoration efforts on La Duchesse including brand new fabrics and upholsteries gracing the original dancing deck furnishings on the second level of the Museum's largest collection object. Originally built by George Boldt in 1903, La Duchesse was purchased after his death by E.J. Noble and then purchased by the McNally family in 1943. After they acquired her, the McNally family invested a great deal of time and money into La Duchesse which served as the family summer residence just off of Wellesley Island for over 50 years. Since the arrival of La Duchesse in 2005 the Museum has undertaken an extensive restoration and preservation program to interpret the boat as the McNallys would have in the mid-20th century. The new outdoor fabrics used on the dancing deck furniture were sourced with the assistance of Interior Designer Jenny Brown of Chicago and the upholstery work was performed by Carulli’s Custom Upholstery of Syracuse, NY.

While visiting La Duchesse you may notice a new sculpture located in the second floor living area. The new sculpture is a reproduction of Fredric Remington’s The Bronco Buster loaned to the ABM by our friends at the Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg, NY. Andrew McNally had a similar reproduction of The Bronco Buster that he proudly displayed on La Duchesse in the summer and in Chicago every winter. Historically, The Bronco Buster would have been displayed where the Steinway Art Case piano currently sits as the piano was not on board during the McNallys ownership of La Duchesse. The ABM is proud to partner with the Frederic Remington Art Museum to add another level to the interpretation to one of our most unique and beloved boats.

Documentation of Comet Makes Plans Available Charles S. Parker was a well-known boat designer and automotive engineer whose interest in fast boats and their design began in the early 1920s when he began converting aviation engines and putting them in raceboats. Comet was built in 1926 for Mr. Parker and was originally powered by a Hispano Suiza Aero engine. Parker raced her on the St. Lawrence River, where he won eight championship trophies. She was rumored to have raced and beaten ABM’s Baby Gar, Snail (Acc. #1998.006), but this is not confirmed. Comet was built by Stanley Boat Works in Cape Vincent, New York. Stanley built skiffs, powered guide boats, and runabouts. This is the only Stanley boat in the Museum’s collection. During WWII the government attempted to turn Stanley Boat Works into a PT boat plant, but Stanley refused and the boat shop was shut down through most of the War. The raceboat was eventually sold to Winford Fox of Watertown and as a result was renamed The Fox. This name is still visible on the port side. Fox ran her on the St. Lawrence River and on Cranberry Lake. The boat was re-powered in the 1930s with a 120hp 6 cylinder flathead marine engine.

Year: 1926 Length: 26' Beam: 6' Original engine: Hispano Suiza Aero Builder: Stanley Boat Works Donor: Roger Hamblin Accession #: 2003.008

Comet at speed with her original name.

In the summer of 2017, boatbuilder Kenney Bassett came to ABM to work with one of the few remaining Stanley built boats in existence; Comet. Although her hull is unfinished and incomplete in places, Comet was not in the Stone Building to be restored. Comet’s significance to ABM lies in her rarity as a Stanley boat and her hull which remains in original condition; an impressive feat for a ninety-two year old boat! In a conservational effort to document this historic boat, ABM had the lines drawings added to the Museum’s archives which will preserve the boat’s history for future generations.

Comet as she appears today, prepping for transport.

First sheet of the Comet plans

If you want to build a replica or just appreciate the pleasing lines of Comet, plans are the perfect way to own your own piece of history! Plans and offsets are now available for purchase, shipping additional: $250 members, $275 non-members. Plans are available in the Museum Store and online.

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Nicki & Hayes Danforth 05-09, 11, 21 Phyllis & Michael Deruytter 05-20 Kathy Elliott In Memory of Mike Elliott 05-21 Janet & Rick Gregware 05-21 Gail & Brent Richardson 05-17, 19, 21 Lynn & Bruce Taylor 05-21 Sandra & Bob Ciasulli 05-13, 15-21 Jenny & Kermit Sutton 05-17, 19-20 Friends since 2006 Micki & Don Koenke 06-21 Deer Island 06-12, 14-21 Susan & Don Persett 06-21 Patricia & Rick Tague 06-21 George B. Duke 06-16, 21 Fletcher Foundation, Inc. - Bob & Ann Fletcher, Jim Moore & Julie Fletcher-Moore 06-21 Kathy Gaffney In Memory of Jamie Gaffney 06-21 Barbara & Michael Little 06-09, 12-19, 21 Linda & Jeff Reid 06-21 Friends since 2007 The Atkinson Family, Carleton Island 07-21 Daniel French 07-08, 12-20 Hagerty Classic Marine Insurance Agency 07-16, 20-21 Michelle Collie & Gil MacLean 07-11, 17, 21 Candace & John Marsellus 07-25 Jody & Mark Martino 07, 09-21 Donna & Jerry Schneeberger 07-10, 12-21 DealMaker Auto Group 07, 21 Linda & Don Blauvelt 07-21 Rita & Kevin Parks 07-21 Friends since 2008 J. Scott Ferry In Memory of Bill Ferry 08, 16-20 Kimberly & Scott Kempton 08-21 Ann Marie & Chester Massari 08-21 Sandra Rosecrans 08-10, 12-21 Gaffney Foundation 08-21 Paula & Terry Reid 08-12, 14-21 Friends since 2009 Johanna & Harold Hambrose 09-15, 17, 19-20 Karen & Stanley S. Hubbard 09-11, 13-18, 20-21

Friends since 2004 ACBS International 04-21 Gail & Bob McMahan 04-21 Undersea Images, Inc. 04-17, 19, 21 Carol & David Wood 04-21 Heidi Crow & John H. Campbell 04-21 Sally & John Cardamone 04-12, 14-21 Susan & William Bach 04-05, 07-09, 16-21 Gar Wood Custom Boats 04-21

Friends since 2010 Donna & Bruce Rapp 10-20 Charlene & Jim Tyler 10-21 Lisa & Joseph Weber 10-20 Kimberly Weibert In Loving Memory and Honor of Kevin M. Hart 10-20 Pat & Calvin Carter 10-16, 18-20 Marlene Hajal-Mouaikel & Cyril Mouaikel 10-21

Friends since 2005 Laurie Liechty & Bob Bach 05-12, 14-21 Tish Cook In Memory of Blair Cook 05-21

Friends since 2011 Jane Carver & Ron Cooper 11-21 Nicola DaBica In Memory of Linda DaBica 11-15, 17-21

86 Linda & R. Latanae Parker In Memory of Mary Lee Reeder 11-21 Margaret, Douglas & Jeffrey Reese In Memory of Lee Reese 11-21 Cami Riley & Phillip Rubenstein 11-21 Jamie Drinkwater Stockton & Dick Stockton 11-16, 18-19, 21 Hacker Boat Company 11-12, 21 Brian Mark 11-13, 15-21 Friends since 2012 Pat & Dick Alexander 12-21 Cindy & Jim Bower 12-16, 18-21 Catrine & Peter Charron 12-21 Clipper Inn, Lisa & Mike Simpson 12-21 Mary Nell Dolan & Rob Dolan 12-21 Cynthia & Gregory McLean 12-15, 17-21 Lauran & Daniel Throop 12-15, 19-20 St. Lawrence Canvas, Susan & Ted Mowers 12-21 Anonymous 12-21 Friends since 2013 Terry Wright & Steve Bull 13-19, 21 Margaret Whitfield & Gordon Crowe 13-21 Howard Hanna Real Estate Services 13-20 Debbie & Kent Humphries 13-21 Robin & David Lucas 13-21 Kathy & Bo Muller 13-20 Karen & Joseph Rulison 13-17, 19-20 Sharon & Jim Sherman 13-21 Shumway Marine 13-21 Friends since 2014 Lynn Thommen & Bill Brauninger 14-18, 20-21 Evelyn & James Harmon and Family 14-20 Liz & Tony Mollica 14-21 William Ravenel 14-15, 17-20 James Simmons 14-21 John Sposato 14-21 Joe Zimmerman 14-21 Wood Boat Brewery 14-21 Nancy Dodge 14-21 Eileen & Michael George 14-21 Diane & Larry Kingsley 14-19, 21 Suzanne & David Lipman 14-21 Stephanie & Andrew Textor 14-21 Anonymous 14-20 Friends since 2015 Colin Farmer In Memory of Katherine Textor Farmer 15-21 Kelly & Kevin Lewis 15-20 Mary Carol & Thomas Mark 15-20 Mary Jo & Robert Rockell 15-21 Charity & Jeff Senecal 15-20 Annette & Kent Strobel 15-20 Mary & Jim Cole 15-21 Donald Holmes 15-20 Molly & Darden MacWade 15-21 Reggie & Bruce Watkins 15-21

Friends since 2016 Debra Kay & Joseph Bennett 16-18, 21 Tracy & Michael Coene 16, 21 North Country Orthopaedic Group 16-20 Billie Jo & Michael Radecke 16-20 Marjorie Snelling & Len Caldwell 16-21 W. Leonard Waddingham In Memory of Barbara Waddingham 16-21 George Sperry Marine Surveys 16, 20-21 George Mesires 16-17, 19-21 Friends since 2017 Kristy & John Buck 17-20 Judy Clark 17, 19-21 Marlene & Kevin Hale 17-21 Frances & William Hudson Jr. 17-20 Mary-Alis & Brian Kelly 17-21 Nicole Sarett & Alfred Kettell Jr. 17-21 Mary Jo Champion & Arthur Mack 17-21 Sarah Miller & Ian Miller 17-19, 21 Deborah Johnson Newcomb & Robert Newcomb 17-19, 21 Michelle & Michael Paciorek 17-20 Casey & Marcus Rice 17-20 Gail & Wes Van Dine 17-21 Jane & Hugh Dixon Wolcott 17-20 Clayton Rotary Club 17-21 Mammel Foundation 17-21 Alison & Andrew McNally V 17-20 Denise & John Rifenburg 17-21 Caroline & Bradford Schwalm 17-20 Friends since 2018 River Mechanical 18-19, 21 Shari and James Freyer Jr. 18-21 Gabrielle & Alec Johnson 18-19, 21 Jenny McCloskey & Mike Townsend 18, 20 Kimberly & Patrick Murphy 18-21 Nancy & Bill Kibler 18-21 Mairead O’Sullivan & Arthur Landi 18-20 Friends since 2019 Michelle De Mist & Dave Bortner 19, 21 Mary Ann & Timothy Colbert 19-21 Kim & Michael Fegeley 19 Kathleen Karenko 19-21 Kristen & Bradley Kranz 19-20 Tina & Tim Palmer 19-20 Penny Partlow In Memory of Ralph Partlow 19 Emily & Kevin Wood 19-21 Julie & Guy Zoller 19-21 Superior Lawn & Property Services 19-21 Cathy & Marty Gardner 19-21 Peg, Kelly & Steve Hale 19-21 Helen & Clinton Textor 19-20

87 Friends since 2020 Eleanor Bick 20-21 Debora & George Cox III 20-21 Norma J. Richards & William G. Dakin 20-21 Amy & Ben Foster 20 Laura & Michael Heinrich 20 Nancy & John Johnston 20-21 Christy & Gray MacLetchie 20 Joe Quigg In Memory of Maxine Quigg 20 Ann Rodenbeck 20 Brian Dudley - John R. Dudley Construction 20 Peggy & Bob Cleary 20-21 Friends since 2021 Connie & Walter D. Ainsworth In Memory of Walter S. Ainsworth 21 Anonymous 21 Julia & John Bongiovanni 21 Lauri & Larry Bousquet 21 Cregg Family Foundation 21

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2021 Boat Show Boat Name

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1923 Elto/1917 Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Arrivederci. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Best Revenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chris Craft Commander. . . . . . . . . . 42 Chris Craft Triple Cockpit. . . . . . . . . 22 Cicada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Comet/Gray Rock IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cupcake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Della Louise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 E.S.W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Elegant Lady. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Eleganza. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Evinrude 4201 ENGINE. . . . . . . . . . 16 Evinrude 4334 ENGINE. . . . . . . . . . 16 Evinrude DD ENGINE. . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Evinrude RBM MA ENGINE. . . . . . . . 17 Excelsior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Feather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Full Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Gadfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Geraldine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Ghost Rider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Gus' Minion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hacker Runabout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 HaPike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Heaven on a Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Ho-Li-Chit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hustler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Idyll Oaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Jane Valerie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Johnson CD-12 ENGINE . . . . . . . . . 37 Johnson JW-11 ENGINE . . . . . . . . . 19 Johnson QD-15 ENGINE. . . . . . . . . 37 Just for You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 KaRaT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Knot Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Liquid Asset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Luella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Mercury 850 ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Miss Algonac. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Exhibit #

Miss Annie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Miss Comet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Miss TI III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Morris Paddling Canoe . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Mountain Thunder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Mr. Breeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 My Bette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 No Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pardon Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Peterbotough Canadian Canoe . . . . 40 Pilgrim Trout Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Portabella. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Pullman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Razzle Dazzle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Real Class V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Remember Wenn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Rumba/1940 Chevy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Running Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Running Wild ENGINE. . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sacajawea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Sailing Canoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sea Deuce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Snail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Sophisticated Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Spindrift II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Summer Breeze. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Susan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Suwanee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Teal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 That's Her . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Ark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Thompson Cartopper. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Toots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 VIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Vieux Chat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Vieux Chat ENGINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Whiskey Plank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Wild Goose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Woodstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Zipper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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